98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2806

 

Introduced 1/29/2014, by Sen. Antonio Muņoz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that certain provisions of the unlawful use of weapons statute do not apply to persons licensed as private security contractors, private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or employed by a private security contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their employment or commuting between their homes and places of employment (deletes provision that the commuting is accomplished within one hour from departure from home or place of employment, as the case may be). Provides that the firearm control card shall be carried by the private security contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the licensed private security contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card. Deletes provision that the exemption for a person regularly employed in a commercial or industrial operation as a security guard for the protection of persons employed and private property related to the commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between sites or properties belonging to the employer, applies only to security guards who are members of a security force of at least 5 persons. Makes other changes concerning exemptions from certain unlawful use of weapons violations for security guards.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 24-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
7    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
924-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10the following:
11        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
12    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
13    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
14        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
15    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
16    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
17    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
18    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
19        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
21    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
22    of their official duty.
23        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public

 

 

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1    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
2    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
3    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
4    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
5    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
6    employment.
7        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
8    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
9    employed by a private security contractor, private
10    detective, or private alarm contractor an agency licensed
11    certified by the Department of Financial and Professional
12    Regulation, if their duties include the carrying of a
13    weapon under the provisions of the Private Detective,
14    Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
15    Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged in the
16    performance of the duties of their employment or commuting
17    between their homes and places of employment , provided
18    that such commuting is accomplished within one hour from
19    departure from home or place of employment, as the case may
20    be. A person shall be considered eligible for this
21    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
22    of training for a private security contractor, private
23    detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of a
24    licensed private security contractor, private detective,
25    or private alarm contractor agency and 20 hours of required
26    firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control

 

 

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1    card by the Department of Financial and Professional
2    Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
3    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
4    the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
5    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
6    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
7    control card shall be carried by the private security
8    contractor, private detective, or private alarm
9    contractor, or employee of the licensed private security
10    contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
11    agency at all times when he or she is in possession of a
12    concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm control
13    card.
14        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
15    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
16    of persons employed and private property related to such
17    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
18    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
19    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
20    a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
21    least 5 persons registered with the Department of Financial
22    and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
23    guard has successfully completed a course of study,
24    approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
25    and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
26    hours of training that includes the theory of law

 

 

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1    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
2    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
3    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
4    of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required
5    firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control
6    card by the Department of Financial and Professional
7    Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
8    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
9    the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
10    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
11    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
12    control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
13    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
14    weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
15        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
16    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
17    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
18    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
19    any investigation for the Commission.
20        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
21    security guard for the protection of other employees and
22    property related to such financial institution, while
23    actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
24    commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
25    traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
26    such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,

 

 

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1    is a member of a security force registered with the
2    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation;
3    provided that any person so employed has successfully
4    completed a course of study, approved by and supervised by
5    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
6    consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
7    includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts, and
8    the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered to be
9    eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
10    required 20 hours of training for a security officer and 20
11    hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
12    firearm control card by the Department of Financial and
13    Professional Regulation. Conditions for renewal of firearm
14    control cards issued under the provisions of this Section
15    shall be the same as for those issued under the provisions
16    of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
17    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The Such
18    firearm control card shall be carried by the security guard
19    person so trained at all times when he or she such person
20    is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by his
21    or her firearm control card. For purposes of this
22    subsection, "financial institution" means a bank, savings
23    and loan association, credit union or company providing
24    armored car services.
25        (9) (Blank). Any person employed by an armored car
26    company to drive an armored car, while actually engaged in

 

 

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1    the performance of his duties.
2        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
3    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
4        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
5    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
6    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
7    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
8    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
9        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
10    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
11        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
12    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
13    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
14    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
15    of the circuit for which they are employed.
16        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
17    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
18    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
19    Sheriff.
20        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
21    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
22    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
23    who has completed the background screening and training
24    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
25    Regulatory Commission.
26        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons

 

 

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1    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
2    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
3    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
4to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
5or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
6license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
7the commission of the offense.
8    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
924-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
10        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
11    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
12    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
13    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
14    using their firearms on those target ranges.
15        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
16    while parading, with the special permission of the
17    Governor.
18        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
19    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
20        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
21    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
22        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
23    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
24    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
25    permission.
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1of the following:
2        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
3    official duties.
4        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
5    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
6    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
7        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
8    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
9    the performance of their official duty.
10        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
11    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
12    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
13    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
14    are not immediately accessible.
15        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
16    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
17    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
18    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
19    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
20    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
21    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
22    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
23    This exemption does not authorize the general private
24    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
25    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
26    firing device, but only such possession and activities as

 

 

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1    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
2    business described in this paragraph.
3        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
4    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
5    accessible.
6        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
7    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
8    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
9    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
10    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
11    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
12    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
13    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
14    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
15    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
16    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
17        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
18    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
19    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
20    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
21    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
22    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
23        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
24    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
25    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
26    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)

 

 

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1    the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
2    recognized military re-enacting group and the modification
3    is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
4    for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
5    possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
6    membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
7    as modified is not less than 26 inches.
8    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
9possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
10officer.
11    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
12manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
13subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
14    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
15Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
16organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
17at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
18private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
19    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
20to:
21        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
22    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
23    the performance of their official duty.
24        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
25    ordinance.
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1    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
2    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
3        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
4    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
5    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
6    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
7    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
8    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
9    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
10    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
11    by an exempted manufacturer.
12    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
13persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
14attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
15silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
16for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
17engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
18firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
19that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
20manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
21firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
22general private possession of any device or attachment of any
23kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
24report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
25as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
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1transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
2or not immediately accessible.
3    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
424-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
5supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
6prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
7Corrections.
8    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
9officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
10or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
11own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
12kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
13report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
14maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
15duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
16    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
1724-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
18athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
19Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
20competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
21Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
22International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
23connection with such athlete's training for and participation
24in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
25Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
26and Paralympic Games.

 

 

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1    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
2any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
3contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
4of proving such an exemption.
5    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
6affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
7pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
8to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
9Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
10carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
11transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
12nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
13transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
14revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
15and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
16this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
17carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
18possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
19(Source: P.A. 97-465, eff. 8-22-11; 97-676, eff. 6-1-12;
2097-936, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1010, eff. 1-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13;
2198-463, eff. 8-16-13.)